Might be the rose tinted view from my childhood, but I enjoyed the Billy Benyon era, where we always seemed to be there or thereabouts when it came to going for trophies. I recall a season where we really should have won the league, but a massive fixture pile-up led to us playing every 2 or 3 days towards the end of the season and saw us lose the title to, I think, Bradford. That era also had some great players, like Ken Kelly and Tommy Martyn, while also having probably my all time favourite, John Bevan, a player who would have been an absolute beast in today's era.
Like I say, my memories of that era are probably hazy, but I don't recall Benyon's sides having any real rotten spell and I'd be intrigued to know what others remember of his time and how he ended up losing favour with the fans or the board.
P.S. And how could I forget the magic of that night in 1978, when we took on, and beat, the mighty Aussies!!
Statistics: Posted by Dita's Slot Meter — Sat Jul 08, 2023 6:13 pm
